Digital BW, The Print

I use both OS.  Minor differences for me.  Somehow the integration of
hardware and OS (but more $) on the Mac gives it a slight advantage, maybe,
for me.  J Vee
> 
>       I am also faced with a computer upgrade (the need for four gb of ram
> is becoming evident).  I remember reading, I think, when I upgraded to CS
> that it was "native" to XP.  I never followed up on what that meant (didn't
> care at the time).  However, the sound of that plus Apple transiting to the
> Intel chip seems to indicate there is not much difference between the two
> platforms. I know the Apples have a RAID array, but I can get those pretty
> cheaply for the PC also.  Most all my printing is b&w, but it is almost all
> RGB/16-bit files, so large file sizes (at least for me -largest is about
> 500mb).  If there was an advantage to the Apple, I would consider it and the
> cost of switching Photoshop, ImagePrint and so forth.  But I'm not clear
> what that advantage is now (I've never used a Mac).
> 



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